This funding allows them to promote optimal aging at home for older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) and to support their family caregivers, by designing and evaluating new and innovative community-based health care interventions to improve access to health care, quality of life, and health outcomes in this population, while reducing costs.

The research program is made up of 12 interrelated studies to be conducted in Ontario and Alberta, in collaboration with a number of community partners and collaborators, and in partnership with a team of researchers from McMaster University, the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, the University of Calgary, Mount Saint Vincent University, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Waterloo, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, and Women’s College Hospital. The studies will focus on the prevention and management of multiple chronic conditions. Specifically, the studies will target seniors with MCC who have dementia, Type 2 diabetes and/or stroke.

Scientific Directors

Maureen Markle-Reid, RN, PhDCanada Research Chair in Aging, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion Interventions,
Associate Professor, McMaster University School of Nursing, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI)

Jenny Ploeg, RN, PhDProfessor,
McMaster University School of Nursing, Department of Health, Aging and Society